Herd - Middletown

We were here about 2 months after they opened and we definitely loved the food and were not impressed with the service. decided we would give it another chance as we were really excited to have a steak house in Middletown. Over a year later the same result food was very good, wine was good but the service absolutely sucked, long wait times, ran out of all specials. Very sad to see but I think they need some new management with restaurant experience. I hope they do what is needed to get the help they need and make this a great place. :0(

Blown away by this establishment! The food was so good it was shocking!!!!! Presentation was beautiful, Chris behind the bar is a star! We will be back for sure!

Easily some of the best burgers we have ever had. We got the Heart a Quack and the Goat Herder. We also had their killer cheese curds with truffle honey. Large portions, good atmosphere, and great service. Highly recommend. (We ordered the burgers off their pub menu the restaurant is split into a bar/pub section and a nice sit down restaurant dining room. You can order pub menu items in either place, but happy hour pricing is only available in the pub. Just fyi!

Maybe it was just the wrong night to eat there. It took forever to get our meals because the kitchen wasn't communicating with the wait staff who had to return to the table several times to tell us what wasn't available to go with what we ordered. And some function had been going on before we arrived so patrons were dragging tables and chairs around on their own to rearrange the seating. And our waitress was brand new but learning. The food was good but I'm glad we just ordered from the bar menu. Having main room meals with these problems would have been intolerable.

This place has potential the food is good but the staff and ambience don't match what they are trying to pull off. Website and cocktail list set the bar high, but then looking at the menu, there's no special or unique dishes, all very basic. The lighting is too bright, and the tables/chairs make me feel like I'm eating lunch at a sushi restaurant. Curtains could use replacement. The kitchen seemed very behind and the wait staff showed no empathy for the waiting customers. It took forever to get our food, the couple next to us were banging on their glasses with spoons just to get the attention of the wait staff. The manager showed very little empathy as well, and at that point we decided it wasn't worth a second visit.